#Writing coronations

[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Guide to A Coronation

Coronations are the ceremony in which your monarch is confirmed by church or state or the people by the bestowing of a crown and regalia and the taking of oaths. So how do we write them?

When does Coronation takes place?

A Coronation usually takes place some time after death of the previous monarch. Past coronations would take place mere weeks after the death of a monarch as it was essential that the monarch be crowned to confirm their legitimacy. Modern coronations would take place months after the death of a monarch. In this time period, the new monarch IS the monarch - just uncrowned. This does not effect their powers in any way.

What’s in a Coronation?

Coronations are usually very lavish affairs. These are not only just ceremonies, these are statements a sort of opening show to the monarch's reign. A Coronation will usually be accompanied by numerous parades, balls, pageants, military displays and concerts. It's usually framed as a celebration of the Royal family of the monarch or the nation as a whole. The population is expected to celebrate.

Who attends a Coronation?

Coronations were big affairs. Many invitations would be sent out, inviting representatives from other nations, friends and allies, even uncertain friends and unfriendly nations. Other monarchs are generally not invited out of tradition but they will send heirs and relatives to represent them. Coronations were a display of wealth and power and it was in the monarch's best interest to get as many people there as possible. Coronations were also essential to monarchy for one very good reason: not only were you recognised by the state but it was a chance to accept fealty - promises of loyalty - from nobles. Many nobles from across the land would be invited to witness and then profess their loyalty to the Monarch.

What to Wear to a Coronation?

Coronations were meant to be pageants so everybody wore their very best clothes, jewels and put their best foot forward. Peers or nobles would wear red velvet robes (see above) over their clothes along with coronets (also see above) denoting rank. Traditional clothing would also be encouraged, the Japanese Imperial family often don traditional garments for their enthronements. The Royal family would wear military uniform or royal robes usually purple velvet rather than red trimmed with ermine. They would also wear coronets. The monarch would usually be the most expensive dressed, yet however this can also backfire. The monarch has to be modest yet also outdone everybody. George IV made the grave faux pas of spending a shit ton of money on his outfit for the coronation which he only wore the once. Most monarchs tend to have their Robes and clothes embroidered with emblems of the nation and to wear significant relics during the ceremony.

The Ceremony

After a procession through the streets the monarch and/or their Consort arrive on the scene. They will be wrapped in red velvet Robes on their arrival and accompanied by pages or maids of honour who help carry the train of their Robes.

Before the monarch, selected peers will carry the regalia. These are the relics that are bestowed on the monarch throughout the ceremony. These usually include the crown itself, the sceptres, the coronation ring, the coronation Robes and an orb.

In some instances, the monarch would be presented to the assembled crowd at each Cardinal point - North, south, east, west and proclaimed the undoubted king/queen/sovereign. It is then the crowd issue an acceptance.

Monarchs would then be asked to take oaths by the figure ordaining them before the assembled crowd. These oaths would be one of service, something along the lines of promising to uphold law and tradition, being merciful, trying not to murder the peasants too much, keep their deity on side and try not to be too much of a failure.

Then monarch will sit on the throne and be anointed. During this part, they usually put a linen smock over their clothes to protect their finery. The anointing in Western culture is usually linked to Christianity, with the application of holy oil. However, the annointing can be replaced with a blessing in any other setting. During this part of the ceremony, the monarch and/or the Consort is shielded by a canopy of cloth of gold held aloft by high ranking nobles. This part of the ceremony is not to be witnessed by the crowd. It is sacred.

Then the monarch is wrapped in their new Robes. They are presented the regalia. The orb represents the monarch's power. The ring is symbolic of wedding oneself to duty. The sceptre is symbolic of power over governance. Once the monarch has been wrapped up and given these items, the Crown is then lowered onto their head. The crown is usually a jewel stubbed coronet fitted over a velvet cap and trimmed with ermine. There would be the monarch's crown and the Consort's crown (which is usually that much smaller). Around them, the nobility will place their coronets on simultaneously while the military give a gun salute.

After this, the Royal family and the peers would then come and kneel before the monarch, removing their coronets and making their oath of "I swear that I will pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law. So help me God." Once the path is made, they can step back and put their coronet back on.

Once homage is paid, the Consort would then be crowned if this is a married couple having their coronation. Consorts do not have to take an oath but they are given a coronation ring, a crown and sceptres.

Once everybody has made their oaths and the monarch can barely move under their Robes and regalia, it is time for the monarch to make a procession back through the streets - now a crowned monarch.

When Coronations go Wrong

Like most ceremonies, things can go wrong at coronations. Most coronations go off without a hitch yet there are always downsides to a large, expensive ceremony of an unelected figurehead. Surprisingly.

Coronations are often long affairs. There are numerous historical accounts of peers and guests fainting from the exertion of standing in such heavy Robes. These Robes were not only deadly because of heat exhaustion but also their length. The elderly Lord Rolle actually fell down a flight of steps at Queen Victoria's coronation.

Many past coronations have failed due to poor planning. Nicholas II and his Consort Alexandra's coronation was a very lavish affair however due to terrible planning, a stampede occurred where thousands of Russian people where injured and killed. Despite the tragedy, the Couple did not visit the site or the injured, instead going to the French ambassador's ball on bad advice. History would remember him as Bloody Nicholas, made all the more bloody by the Revolution years after.

George IV, as per usual, caused consternation at his own coronation by constantly walking out from under his canopy which caused the nobles holding it to speed up making it all look rather silly.

Guestlists are often contentious points. It is very important not to jar international relations by snubbing foreign powers. While some of the nobles are invited, it is usually expected that the crown will invite representatives from all nations. If invitations are not issued, it can lead to issues. The Royal family is nearly always invited in its entirety even despite criminal activity (fuck you Andrew) but sometimes snubs are issued. Caroline of Brunswick, the rightful Queen Consort, was actually barred from being crowned by her husband. Its rumoured that her hammering on the door could be heard throughout George IV's coronation. Edward VIII, the King who abdicated over his love for Wallis Simpson, was not invited to either his brother's subsequent coronation or his niece's due to the optics of him being a former king and his rumoured ties to Britain's enemies.

Queen Victoria's coronation got off to a very bad start since the coronation ring had been made too small and then shoved onto the wrong ring. Victoria wrote in her diary that she had to rest her hand in ice for the rest of the day.

Coronations are framed as ceremonies of celebrations and national might and while that may be their intention, they are very often, rightly, subject to criticism. Coronations are widely expensive and very often are a display out outdated or unpopular ideals especially modern coronations. In a post WWI world the time of difference is now over and the media rightly critises such an expensive and outdated ceremony. Many monarchies have hastened to modernise to keep up with the new world, cutting down the budgets and revamping the ceremonies. The Swedish monarchs are no longer crowned but instead invested through an oath and sitting on their famous Silver Throne. However, many feel that coronations are becoming a thing of the past and may not be seen in the future.

[bluerosefox]

Always Favors You

Another Sibling Danny and Jason idea!!

"Are you Jason Peter Todd?!" demanded a deep and commanding tone from the strange glowing being in front of them.

All the Bats stiffened and tensed, no doubt gearing up for a fight against the being that somehow knew Red Hood's full name.

Jason, Red Hood, decided to put on a brave front despite no doubt cursing in his head and wondering how the heck did this thing know his full freaking name.

"Whose asking." he snarled out, his hands twitching for his gun when the huge glowing knight with purple flames coming out of his helmet and cape, who was riding on a nightmare looking horse while they all had been in the cave going over tonight's patrol.

The Knight didn't seemed bothered by his response nor did he even seem to care or flinch when Batman made his own demand on 'Why was he there and who was he' or when Damian unsheathed his sword and pointed it towards him. Instead the strange glowing Knight reached to it side and pulled out... A glowing scroll? Huh. (Also he completely unnerved everyone in the room when the Knight didn't even react when Batman had tossed a Baterang when he reached for his side)

The Knight opened the scroll and spoke clearly with purpose.

"Jason Peter Todd,

You are hereby invited as a special guest of honor to the crowning of our future King of the Infinite Realms.

Daniel Phantom, once Daniel Jackson Fenton, and once Daniel Austen Todd.

Prince of the Infinite Realms, the Keeper of Balance, The Peacekeeping Halfa, the Defeater of the Tyrant King Pariah Dark, The Great One, Youngest of the Ancients, Ancient of Space, The Bridge between Life and Death.

You, the half-brother of our King, have been given the highest of honors for your past actions and will be given housing and food in the Realms and Phantom's Keep, for the week long event. Personal servants and attendants will be at your disposal and a seamstress will be on hand to tailor make your attire for the Coronation.

Signed: Clockwork. Ancient of Time. Watcher of the Infinite Timeline. Kronos. Mentor and Adviser.

PS: I shall have Fright Knight ("Me" the Knight bluntly said for a second) leave this scroll along with a personal one for you from Daniel to read over and once you make up your mind sign the bottom of the scroll.

I do hope in time you will pick the right choice Jason Todd, we of the Infinite Realms would like to reward you for your actions. After all, if you hadn't gotten young Daniel away from your father that night all those years ago, we would never had gained our Prince nor be free from our once Tyrant King.

Ah, one more thing.

The Infinite Realms will always favor you Jason."

Jason felt like he couldn't breath as Fright Knight? Rolled up the scroll, pulled a letter from his side, and held out the two items for him to take.

[sleepy-writes-stuff]

DP X DC PROMPT #27

(Time for something a little more lighthearted/found family. Could probably also make this a crack prompt instead.)

(#) = Notes at the end of post

(*) = Just me building off of other ideas.

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Visitation Rights

When Danny went to list Dani/Ellie as his heir after she'd come back from her years of traveling the world, he was quickly informed that he already had one in line for the thrown.

"What? Since when?!"

The pretentious, floating eyeball looked like he wanted to be anywhere else other than here, providing information to King Phantom, but explained anyway.

"The day you officially achieved royal status, you permanently linked your being to the Infinite Realms. When this happened, however, a child was in the process of being created with the assistance of ectoplasmic runoff that's been leaking into the mortal world for centuries. As a result of your power being incorporated into the Realms at such a time, this human child retained an imprint of your core signature. The Infinite Realms itself has recognized this child as your offspring. Your... other offspring has yet to be recognized in such a way and would therefore be considered your second heir once claimed."

Danny stared at the Observant with wide, blank eyes that were slowly filling with dread and panic.

"Why are you just telling me this now?? My coronation was over a decade ago!" He held his face in his hands and gave a horrified groan at what he just learned.

"If you really wanted that clone as your heir, I'm afraid it's too late to change it-"

Danny's head shot back up with a snarl and furious green eyes.

"That's not what I'm upset about you walking cataracts! Eleven years! I've missed eleven years of this kid's life!! How could you think I-"

At a loss for words, he growled deep in his chest. Deep enough that it echoed throughout the halls and rattled the floors.

"Who is this kid, and where can I find them?"

Once given the information and learning of the child's other parental figures, he gets to work. A few weeks later, he appears in the home office of a well-known billionaire with a stack of papers that he promptly slams onto the desk in front of the startled man. (1)

"I demand visitation rights to our son, Damian Wayne."

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(1) Danny actually visited Talia first to get visitation rights. Needless to say, that didn't go very well. He's still got a couple knives floating around in his chest cavity because of it.

(*) ALSO! I'm not sure how this lines up with the DC/Batman timeline. All I figured out is that if Danny waited to be crowned until after he graduated college as an astrophysicist, which take 5 to 7 years, he'd be about 36 years old when he finds out about Damian. Bruce would be about 41, so the age gap is only 5 years. If y'all wanna make this Danny/Bruce, go ahead!

[luthqrs]

alright ds hot stuff?

[tevos]

it’s so fascinating to watch lisa be so out of her element with dating. she hasn’t had to do this for, what, potentially the better part of twenty years? and now the very first relationship that she’s in after a long term marriage is with a woman who has only ever previously dated men? and she is floundering. she is so insecure. she is looking for problems. she is expecting the worst. and it’s so obvious to see that she is so afraid because she wants this to work out so badly, but her own actions are what’s getting in her way, are and consistently have been what push carla away. it’s the ‘i’d be useless at casual’ it’s the ‘i’m the one that doesn’t show feelings’. the way she wants to skip the messy beginning and enjoy a well-established relationship with no surprises, and the way she’s going to spiral anew when carla tells her that she loves her. the walking contradiction that is lisa swain, out of her depth, begging for patience, terrible at granting it to herself—or others, for that matter. what a woman

[deepwaterwritingprompts]

Text: Once I’m coronated, the seven traditional devils will arrive to hold deadly court with me. Seven coronations have now been sabotaged by my advisor, a father to me in all but blood.

[demacianpuppet]

Coronation (Jayvik Drabble)

This was a coronation and a joyful one.

His automatons surrounded the kneeling Jayce, whose demeanor shifted from fear to quiet acceptance, ready to face the next step of his ascension.

In this new body, Viktor had no heart which could beat in triumph but he felt it just the same.

Soon, Jayce’s head would be adorned with a crown of fingertips.

They would be partners again, reunited in the same purpose with which it had started all years ago.

Saving humanity from itself in a perfect world of their own making.

Jayce closed his eyes and let Viktor in.

[areawest]

I went into a blind rage while watching the coronation livestream and wrote this. enjoy I guess.

[borom1r]

⚔️ 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 ⚔️

Behold, an Ongoing Project! 📯

I've been wanting to compile this for a while, instead of frantically scrambling for references every time I sit down to write — I thought it would be fun to share! I'm mostly tackling this from the perspective of a fanfic author, and also as someone who's very into viking era-through-renaissance men's fashion and armor.

I think it's really fun to look at the decisions that were made strategically (to maintain actor mobility, for example), because they looked cool (Faramir's pointless hinged piece on his helmet), or because they were actually period-accurate (gambesons under chainmail, or worn as armor by themselves!). I'm also taking it as a chance to point out what these garments say about their owners!

I say this in the document itself, but there's no need to credit me if you reference/use the doc for your own writing ^_^ this is some of my favorite stuff to discuss, so just getting to share it is cool enough to me.

I'm purely focusing on human characters to start, because of the more solid real-world parallels, but I'm happy to add on to this if there are other characters you'd like to see!!

(@potatoflower7 + @rivers-for-me, tagging you both bc you interacted w/ the posts I made when I was just starting this!)

[electric-eccentricity]

Coming Home for Christmas, Carla Connor/Lisa Swain, Rated E

[my take on what might’ve happened between the eggnog cheers and the dressing down discovery. Took a bit longer than I wanted, but the week between Christmas and New Year’s doesn’t count anyway, so here’s a belated gift from me to you 😘]

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The walk back to her flat isn’t a long one. It would have been Carla’s preference to stroll down the road arm-in-arm, hand-in-hand even, but Lisa seems in no mood to dilly dally, taking long, sure strides across the cobbles; she only pauses to wait for Carla to catch up with her keys.

“Hurry up, it’s cold out here.”

“Oh, I see, just keen for the warmth, are you?”

“Something like that, yeah.”

keep reading on ao3.

[gale-dekarios]

gortash (lowkey forcing) a marriage to one of the upper city nobels to further solidify his push for total control of baldurs gate. he's at the alter with his spouse-to-be when all of a sudden they're pinned to the dias by a spear hit directly through their head, piercing through their open mouth, their "i do" dying with them. there's chaos, screaming, crying all around him, but as he looks towards the bottom of the aisle, shaking with rage and covered in blood, the dark urge, the person he thought was lost to him forever, returns home. he hopes he can survive their wrath long enough to reunite properly.

[bluerosefox]

Friendships Between Realms (YJ and Danny Shenanigans Being Peek Friendship)

So the 90s YJ group got into a lot of shenanigans tbh. Like a lot and mostly without their mentors knowledge. And whenever I think of YJ I think of the Core 4 (mainly cause Tim is my fav, and the Core 4 is just so amazing together) anyways I honestly wouldn't put it past them if they had accidentally summoned or were being sacrificed by some cult, or meet Danny who accidentally fell into their world via a random portal in someway. (In this DC and Phantom universes are not on the same world, fyi)

Like Danny, still new to being a hero but getting the hang of it, meets them, learns some things from them, and actually gets along with them to the point that when he has to leave Robin gives him a communication device to keep in touch (and Robin Tim would, despite being the second most paranoid of the Bats this boy lies to Batman to his face and had hidden an entire Batmoblie cost in the Batarang budget and keeps it with YJ) and Danny does.

It's nice to have hero friends who understand the struggle of balancing hero and normal lives. Don't get him wrong Danny loves Tucker, Sam and Jazz but sometimes they just don't... fully get it. The danger, the stress, the anxiety, the relief when things are solved or saved, etc etc that comes with being a hero or at least try to be one. They don't understand the urge he gets at like 3 am to go patrol Amity Park just to make sure everything is safe. YJ on the other hand does.

He talks to them about his problems and they help out and Danny in turn helps them out too when he can. Like they needed help with Secret, call up Danny see if he knows what kind of ghost she is (he turned to Clockwork and Frostbite in that case) and Danny in turn talked to them about Dan (they told him about them having to face their own future evil self to at one point). Danny talks to Conner when Dani came into the picture, he wants to make sure he doesn't screw up like Superman did towards his clone's feelings and self worth. Etc etc.

Point is, despite being dimensions and Realms apart, YJ and Phantom are friends and have been in touch. He's friends with all the YJ at the time and keeps in touch with them all but is very close with the Core 4. (Danny was the one that reassured Tim when Bruce was thought to be dead. Couldn't find his soul or ghost in the Realms and Clockwork was being 1000% more crypticd about Batman when Danny had asked if he was lost in time, Danny (or CW) couldn't do much to help due to certain rules but Danny could tell Tim "He isn't dead. Just lost. You're not insane Rob I promise."

So imagine a few years later, DCverse is under heavy near world ending supernatural danger and it gets to the point someone in JLD suggests they may have to summon the Ghost King in order to stop it (maybe its an old ancient ghost/spirit someone foolishly unleased). Of course there are some that strongly advise not to, that summoning him would spell the end of everything, but someone else points out they're already close to that edge they already got no other choice.

So they try and it fails and everyone is confused.

Bart, because of course it's gonna be Bart, returns from helping evacuations takes one look at the summoning circle and says.

"Why are you using those outdated sigals and symbols? That'd like trying to call an out of service number." Bart says before he speed texts Tim, Conner, and Cassie to come over.

Tim, RR, takes one look at the circle and asks who they were trying to summon. When told they were trying to get the Ghost King, him and the Core 4 look at each other before Tim pulls out his communicator and texts Danny.

It takes less than a few minutes before RR tells Impulse that Danny was cool with the summoning and to bring him in. Impulse nods and quickly runs around and changes the old summoning circle around with new symbols and sigals. Then RR turns to most of the JLD members and says sternly.

"You all better not memorize this, this is Phantom's personal summoning line and he only wants friends to know it. He gave us permission."

And with Superboy (Conner) and Wonder Girl agreeing with nods.

Before any of the JL or the JLD could really ask or even interrogate what that meant Impulse was done with the preparation. the Summoning circle was changed around with constellations and other signs of stars, there was a bag of fresh burgers and three milkshakes in the middle of it, and under it was a stylized symbol of a D and a P.

Its Impulse who starts the... chant and raises his hands up. (its actually the dumbest song anyone can think of. Danny wanted it to be funny and the Core 4 totally encouraged it) the candles shift from red to green fire, the star symbols start glowing before flying around on the floor in a circle like shooting stars, the area starts feeling like a cold winter wind beginning to blow, and the stylized symbol is glowing green before...

Danny pops up in his Ghost King form (flaming crown, galaxy cape, looking more ghostly than human but still a teen), finishing up the song and laughing. When he spots his friends he's grinning and waving hello to them, all of them greeting him back.

The JL are confused as heck but noticed how shell-shocked most if not all the members of JLD as their staring at what has to be the Ghost King...

Basically. I want Danny to be one of the people/things the 90s YJ did/meet during their insane shenanigans that most of their mentors most likely didn't know about. They all kept in touch and if they knew, and were later invited to the coronation, of Danny becoming the new Ghost King and later needs to bring out the big guns against a supernatural entity and stuns everyone else that they have a friend in a very high place well... yeah.

[dykespence]

Imagine being carla connor and you just got in bed with the woman you've had an absolute massive crush on for ages now and then you're IMMEDIATELY turned down and it's like an actual sucker punch to the gut and then you're just thawcked over the head girl cannot just catch a break ??

[thetimelordbatgirl]

The portraits of younger heroes and villains in totally-not-EAH-and-SFGAE-rip-off Merlin Academy, if anyone's curious. And like, before anyone goes at me for that nickname for Merlin Academy: the villains group portrait literally has 'V.K students' under it, implying they themselves are children of villains, which just opens up the idea that these kids basically became evil like their parents before them and the only ones to not be evil are the prior Descendants main characters, aka, similar to main characters in EAH and SFGAE. At this point, Disney is losing their right to complain if EAH does ever return because the only one copying right now in Disney.

[vertical-tacos]

Got any headcanons for Any The Mario madness cast or even headcanons for Existing horrorbrews? :0

(THIS TOOK ME A SOLID HOUR TO WRITE BUT THE ASK WAS JUST THAT MOTIVATING. I HAD TO)

I don't know which one to be specific about (and I don't have any large amount of hcs for anybody but M, MX, and V)- so here's one from each (will include a new one for M just because)

I hope you like reading! CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TEXT DOWN THERE.

M- He's one of the only entities there that "grew up" like a semi normal creature- so yes, there is a teenage phase he went through, but he will absolutely REMOVE YOU if you talk about it

Horror Peach- can still be found in the castle, acting like a true princess would. she's also really good at singing in various octaves (she has and can shatter glass)

Horror Yoshi- Can see it acting like Toothless (HTTYD). it's quite instinctual by nature, but some victims have actually gotten it on their side with enough toads / practice. however M can still overpower the yoshi, and got to em anyway. Yoshi ends up being more malicious than usual towards M for a few days afterwards.

John.D- Rarely goes full violent, actually! usually quite pleasant to be around (M has gotten mad at it for not attacking his victims at times but he eventually just gave up) but the trumpet it has is it's most prized possession- try to take it, and there WILL be issues.

(how tf do I headcanon a straight up NORMAL GUY???) "Chris Pratt" - He's not really Chris Pratt, just some wannabe lookalike in the wrong place at the wrong time. M assigned him Pratt's voice when he found out he snatched the wrong guy, though, so almost nobody notices.

Grand Dad- one of the most mature of the group. He's seen a lot of memes and ideas come and go, and he's definitely the guy you go to if you need help remembering an ancient piece of media. He's also probably got a photographic memory and a love for tea & crackers.

Somari- He's creature coded. in a good way. his game's coding mixed Sonic's movement with Mario's- which also ended up giving him creature behavior in some areas. better at seeing in the dark, heightened sense of smell, the whole shebang. just saying, though...do NOT let this man in your house during the summer, there will be blue hair EVERYWHERE.

Beta Luigi- loves to garden, especially flowers- he keeps a whole bunch of red ones in perfect condition to remind him of Mario. he didn't stay at the mansion's gates forever (mostly via the help of some of the gentler fellas), and eventually retreated to his (and Mario's) place. He will flat-out refuse to go anywhere near the windows or anywhere that leads outside if there's a thunderstorm. also he has a mountain of plushies he hides in during said storms (again, curtesy of the gentler aka not murderous ones)

L is Real- his body is naturally hydrophobic. while he was trapped in the fountain's water, it served as some kind of fucked up way of making sure he can never breach the surface, but once he was rescued he found out (after a lot of persuading and probably being shoved by MX or one of the other heavy-hitters) that he can never enter the water again. he can't break the surface of the water, good or bad.

IHY Luigi- whether or not the flames are prominent, he's always burning. Whether it be some cursed reminder of what was done to him, or some sentence from greater entities for betraying his brother and all those he helped, he's always burning. he doesn't feel it anymore, but his body temperature is very high. do not touch this man you will get burned. also with this comes a constant smell. he can't smell it but boy can the others.

Turmoil- has a little tail. not a long one, but a tail nonetheless. helps him with balancing when making sharp turns- and also just in general. you'll find it's harder to push this thing over than what would seem. also he eventually gained the ability to unhinge it's jaw, which confused the FUCK out of a lot of the others- because in NO WAY was that part of Yoshi or Mario's code.

Coronation Day Peach- considers his forest sacred ground, and oftentimes gets violent towards ANYBODY who enters, not just mario lookalikes. many of the others had to win him over just to come and hang out. however turmoil and horror Yoshi got automatic passes due to being more "wild animal" than "subject", and D.O Luigi got a pass for just.. being a sad little kid in the wrong place. Somari got a boosted chance but still had to give offerings. also he probably talks like nightmare moon.

D.O(Day Out) Mario- thinks he's the "coolest" Mario here. even bigger ego than M, which pisses M the hell off. he's gotten his shit rocked by almost everyone in the mod.

D.O Luigi- sopping wet cat energy to the MAX. OH MY GOD, believe me when I say he got taken under Grand Dad's wing immediately to protect him from most of the crazy Marios. he also hangs out with many of the Luigis and looks up to coronation day Peach.

Dictator Mario- he probably believes in the stock market TOO MUCH due to one success he had that skyrocketed his career. trust me when I say many bullet bills were blown up when he found out that his money had no real use here, and that he was not as powerful as he used to be in his own world, before he was acquired by M.

Devil Mario- multilingual due to all the boos possessing him- in other words, some of the boos know other languages and will take control of speech if "needed". in other words, he's a great translator if convinced the deal is worthy of his time. they've also used it to keep people OUT of a conversation or plan by speaking a language the eavesdropper can't understand.

(ig I'll include him too) Racist Mario- BANNED from all conversations regarding other consoles or games. He's also in a mutual "I hate your guts" relationship with Grand Dad and Somari due to them being bootlegs.

(YAYY MY BOY!!!!) GB- he can't remove the bunny ears. even if it seems like they're gone, they've just been really well folded against the hat. however he can control if the ears are coming out of the hat, or are on the sides of his head like regular human ears (they still look like bunny ears though).

DJ Hallyboo- gets into the most fights. mutual restraining order with Racist Mario. However, as long as he doesn't consider you a pirate, he's actually pretty laid back.

Mr. L- despite what he's become, he still harbors an innate love for Daisy. probably keeps her safe in his world, never letting her access the overworld / other areas in the mod. it took him a bit, but he eventually started using his true form around her. it also took HER a bit to actually become comfortable around him again. Also, the clones / illusions he has? he can see through any one of them if he wants to, and can "take control of them" too- moreso swapping the illusion's location with his own. his illusions do not speak, and always look a bit more blank in expression than he does (if that's even possible tbh). he has used this trick to startle, scare, get the upper hand, and pay frequent visits to daisy.

MX- A FUCKING POWERHOUSE. yes, it's very evident in the mod how strong this guy is- but I'm talking he can bite through bricks too. not just run through them. not like this strength is always good though! because if he's not in his false hero form (which is exhausting to be in than his real form as it's like compressing yourself into a small room which makes him feel cramped after a while), HE CANNOT CONTROL HIS STRENGTH! he has broken countless doorknobs and is the last person trusted to open a door.

V- considering he knows how to make people feel paranoid, afraid, and all the other scary emotions, he can probably read minds. not communicate telepathically, but at the very least he can take one read and know EXACTLY what makes your defenses break. if he can't see you directly, the only thing he can hear is your heartbeat. the faster it is, the LOUDER it is- and the quicker he'll track you down. there is one singular case this has been used for good, and that's when Lucas took a wrong pipe, ended up in hellish heights, and therefore in the virtual boy. if you call him soft for this action, though, trust me when I say you're now royally fucked.

(I know nothing about the source media so these are purely, 100% made up for the classified castle gang)

Stanley- excellent memorization skills, can read smth once and know exactly what he has to say. however, with this comes a complete inability to forget what he's gone through.

Abandoned Luigi- terrible fear of water (gee I wonder why), but sadly he is not hydrophobic. he will just NOT GO NEAR WATER whenever possible.

Costume- probably into really old movies and cartoons. get this man a copy of every scrooges episode in existence, NOW. he either never speaks, or speaks so muffled only those with REALLY good hearing (like Stanley, V, Mr. L) or with really good language understanding (cough cough devil mario) can understand him. nobody else around? you're not making out a word he might say to you.

LG- not good at stage management or acting, but the best at planning. sometimes his ideas are so good they get utilized in whatever plays omega sets up.

W4R- the worst at acting, but the best at stage management. faster than he looks. Omega likes recruiting him to rearrange the sets.

YOSH- the BEST at acting. he can sound more emotional than what you would think possible for the (guy? thing? idk).

(Ayy my fav showman!!) Omega- he think everything a fuckin play. considers his victims the audience at least, and actors at best. this view includes the others. he has a LONG list of every character in the mod and how best to integrate them into every type of play he thinks of. also he doesn't need to make eye contact with you to see you. if you're in a spotlight, he'll always see you.

Mr. Sys- he's great at business management. also good at tracking people down (dictator mario has indeed hired him for intel on his enemies). he's got a good customer service attitude, and the WORST losing attitude. he also screams like a little girl when he's startled, which is found hilarious by almost every other being in the mod.

(giving a group hc for these guys* aka the dog, lakitu thing, lizard, and whatever the fuck the last guy is) YCBU Entourage- acts like a mix between the three stooges and a group of feral creatures. mimicking at best, I'm telling you. they've memorized "You cannot beat us" and sometimes will blurt out single words from that sentence if they think it'll contribute to a conversation.

THAT'S ALL I CANNOT THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE MY BRAIN IS FRIED!!! TY FOR READING IT ALL :D

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NEW FIC ALERT - 'A King Is But A Man'

���Whereas by an instrument of abdication dated the 12th day of December instant, Her former Majesty Queen Catherine I did declare her irrevocable determination to renounce the throne for herself, and the said instrument of abdication has now taken effect, whereby the Crown of Great Britain, Ireland, and all other Her former Majesty's dominions is now solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Henry George Edward James,” announces the Garter King of Arms. Henry asks a footman to turn it off before they can hear any more. The only sounds in the room are the clinking of teaspoons against china, and the distant boom of the 21-gun salutes. *** Queen Catherine I abdicates.

The fifth (and final planned) part of my Heavy Weighs the Crown series has now started posting. You can find it on AO3 -> Here <-

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